Very nicely put.

I notice that the difficulties of broadcasting community radio in many countries of Africa are similar to what we have here in India. But there are a few where the regulatory climate has changed. Cost still seems to be an issue, as ever.

I would like to draw attention of readers to this site, http://www.radiophony.com/html_files/oravakal.html, where we describe how to build and run a high quality community radio station in an Indian village for an extremely low cost. By enabling villagers to produce and disseminate FM radio, without having to go many kilometers away to the local government owned station, the entire concept of programme 'ownership' changes... the station has spontaneously been named Mana Radio, which means Our Radio, in the local language, Telugu.

I believe that Jennifer will find it enormously exciting and different if the rural communities she works with can be further empowered through low-power radio. The details of how to build such a station are clearly laid out. Please contact me if any clarifications are needed.

Vickram Crishna
Net Radiophony India P Ltd
Wireless Freedom!
vvcrishna@mac.com